ICYMI—there's a debate going on in the U.S. about public restrooms. To put it simply, some states and institutions are trying to make it illegal for people to use a public bathroom that doesn't correspond to the gender they were assigned at birth. They claim it's to protect people in the restrooms. This is a pretty big injustice, and disproportionately affects transgender people. The law wouldn't let people use the bathroom that corresponds with their current gender identity, meaning, for example, that a transwoman would be forced to use the men’s restroom. And it's led to some nasty body policing in public spaces. On Saturday, breast cancer survivor Christi Salcedo took to Facebook to share how she's been judged when using public bathrooms, too.

Salcedo bravely posted a topless selfie to Facebook, showing her chest and the scars from her bilateral mastectomy and where her lymph nodes were removed under her arms. She was diagnosed at age 30 with Stage 3 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, and it had spread to her lymphatic system. She had to undergo 16 rounds of chemotherapies, surgeries, and radiation. Thankfully, she's now been in remission for almost a full year. Salcedo writes that the first reason she wanted to share a photo of her chest was to show that breast cancer is brutal.

"I want you to know that breast cancer is ugly. It's not an easy or a glam cancer to have. In fact cancers are one and the same to me. Cells run wild. Immune system compromised," she writes. "It robbed me of a precious part of myself that I once nourished my children with. It took away part of my sexual identity."

Salcedo says she chose not to have reconstruction on her breasts after her mastectomy because she didn't want her children to watch her suffer any more. "I wanted them to see me strong again," she writes. "I wanted them to have their mother they knew." And she's been confident in that decision—until the public bathroom debates began. Now, she notices people scrutinizing her appearance whenever she's in a public place. She says the laws hurt cancer survivors as well as the transgender community.

"Recently I notice more eyes trying to figure me out," she writes. "At the grocery store, restaurants...Walmart was the worst. I want to scream, 'YES! You are seeing it right! This is breast cancer...Please check yourself!' But instead I let my eyes meet theirs in an almost plea for a change in what has become our society."

People just want to use the restroom, she writes, and these laws aren't going to protect people but simply discriminate.

"I am personally of the belief that no transgender person wants to cause trouble in a bathroom. People just want to use the restroom. There have been terrible acts happening in public restrooms long before this," she writes. "Persons undergoing cancer treatment or post-cancer treatment may lack hair and wear a baseball hat. They may have undergone a mastectomy like myself. Please consider these things. Rant over."

Her post has gone viral, with more than 13,000 likes and 5,000 shares. In a follow-up, she thanked everyone for their support and help in raising awareness about this issue. You can view her whole post below: